Business owner: Tax cut won't drive employment

3:16 PM,
Aug. 22, 2013

Written by

Brian Smith, Biltmore Lake

I own a successful business and enjoy an above-average income, and so I'm one of the minority getting the 26 percent, or $10,000 reduction, in North Carolina income tax, money that I and others in my income bracket don't need nearly as much as a teacher who is only getting a 3 percent or less tax break while trying to scrape by on $31,000 a year, sometimes so little that their kids qualify for Medicaid.Republican politicians take note: I am not going to use that money to hire anyone. Like all good businessmen, I hire when consumer demand forces me to and not a second before. ...